[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [Ashtangasamgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › 2.18 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.18 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 2.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.18) tābhiśca rahasi sthānaṃ parihāsaṃ ca varjayet | ārttaṃ ca nṛpasadvaidyairdviṣṭaṃ tadveṣiṇaṃ dviṣam || eṣā prakṛtiḥ | vikṛtirato 'nyathā || dīrghajvarābhibhūtānāṃ jvariṇāmamṛtopamam || vyoṣatrijātakāmbhodakṛmighnāmalakaistrivṛt || vihitasaṃsargayośca mustāpāṭhātiviṣākuṣṭhakaṭukānāṃ kvāthaṃ pānāya dadyāt | rāsnājamodāpriyaṅgubhadradārūṇāṃ vā | pāṭhātejovatīpunarnavavṛścikālīnāṃ vā | bhūnimbāmṛtākuṭajaphalasārivāṇāṃ vā | vacāharidrādigaṇayorvā | pāṭhādimahākaṣāyasya vā | jambvāmratindukakapitthapatrāṇāṃ vā | bilvabhaṅgasya vā | anubandhe ca yathāvyādhi pratikurvīta || > And with them he should avoid staying in secret and jesting; / \[he should avoid\] a patient who is despised by the king or good physicians, who hates them, or who is an enemy; > this is the natural state; / deviation from it is abnormal. > For those fever patients overpowered by chronic fever, it is like nectar. > \[One may use\] trivṛt with vyoṣa, trijātaka, mustā, kṛmighna, and āmalaka. > When there is an indicated combination \[of doṣas\], one should give for drinking a decoction of mustā, pāṭhā, ativiṣā, kuṣṭha, and kaṭukā; > or of rāsnā, ajamodā, priyaṅgu, and bhadradāru; > or of pāṭhā, tejovatī, punarnavā, and vṛścikālī; > or of bhūnimba, amṛtā, kuṭaja fruit, and sārivā; > or of the vacā or haridrā groups; > or of the great decoction beginning with pāṭhā; > or of leaves of jambū, āmra, tinduka, and kapittha; > or pieces of bilva; > and when secondary symptoms develop, one should counteract them according to the disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.17) - [Next: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.19) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.18) · Pramāṇa